Nagelsmann
That makes sense. Read something about Tuchel but not working out.
Fair points and a good post. I think at some point we'll need leadership to get rid of Bruno and Rashford, it's obvious they're holding us back and the ability to play a different kind of football.
No you aren't being harsh because it's 2 years and £500m later. At the very least he shouldn't be capitulating to our fiercest rivals like that. He should be knowing that fielding the slowest midfield in the league will hurt us especially against Liverpool. He should have figured out how to score more goals and not be so open. These are basics that a top level professional should have covered, he is far too below the required level.
Just from memory: about 95% of the time. But it comes with an asterisk since it was an asymmetrical setup with Davies pushing high up the left wing.
Understats xPts had us down in 15th. It was the 4th biggest over performance on record (with 15 points more than expected).
Alarm bells were ringing from the start. I was getting pelted for criticizing his handling of the Ronaldo situation. That wanker shouldn't have been anywhere near the squad with his antics both in the previous season and during that pre season. Instead ETH turned a blind eye to all that, kept blowing smoke up Ronaldo's arse and even made him captain in his final game before the interview. That pretty much set the standard for what we could expect from this manager.
Agree on the Bruno and Rashford part but the manager has to realize this and play a system accommodating what he has. He just seems too stubborn to adapt.
They can bring in one of the journeymen to do a job for the season whilst they scout for a permanent manager. Whoever is manager we aren't winning the league in 5 years at the minimum so we shouldn't worry about bringing in a potential title winning manager. Just do the basics - stabilize and grow. It's so simple.
We've gone backwards since then but it was a good season, was it not? We finished 3rd, got to two finals, won one, lost one to City which had a De Gea special in it. Also, unless I'm remembering wrong, weren't we doing well in Europa too until De Gea and Maguire decided to feck it up?
Yeah it feels like we go one step forward and two steps back every week.
Agree brother. Its why he has to go.
Are people not allowed to change their minds? I felt that the injuries last season were absolutely horrific and unprecedented and you only have to look at the Crystal Palace game with that line up, or the Newcastle defeat where I think we had 8 starters from the previous managers and you can try and understand why these things happen. It's not as if people were absolutely convinced EtH would be a success, they just were like 'ok, give him the benefit of the doubt, new ownership, two cup final wins and three cup finals in total, new squad being built, some good work with the young players, let's see how it goes'.
Completely agree, can't remember how many similar 'turnarounds' we had last year. It's obvious now he's tactically inept at this level. There's no adaptation of tactics or style of play. Same instructions, same formation regardless of who we play. There's zero point in keeping him, hoping and praying it all just magically clicks into place for him.
Home record was good but we were getting torn to shreds in every single away game. Cup finals happened because we only played home games throughout in both comps.
Knee jerk, other than last season. Which was a fecking embarrassment. Get rid now.
I’m probably looking at this thinking that at no point last season did we really go on a run of games where we consistently played well. We had a few spells where we grinded out a short series of results but nothing substantial to say that we’re now playing at the level we want. This is probably more what I’m expecting this month because that’s what recent history suggests. I don’t think this will cut it with Ratcliffe and Ashworth and it certainly won’t cut it with supporters now. In this case I think he would go around early October when the spell ends instead of getting on sack/no sack merry go round.
You must be having a laugh with Löw
The most worrying thing is that he probably believes the nonsense he comes out with. Sadly a lot of our fans lap it up too.
100% not disputing that. If he's hell bent on playing this way and our players continue to underperform he will pay with his job.
